On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:20:28 GMT, Jesse Glick
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/PrintStream.java line 49:
>>
>>> 47: * <p> All characters printed by a {@code PrintStream} are converted
>>> into
>>> 48: * bytes using the given encoding or charset, or the default
>>> 49: * console charset if not specified.
>>
>> JEP 400 doesn't give a rationale for using the console charset for
>> PrintStream.
>> PrintStreams are used for output to files and other media other than just a
>> tty/console.
>> The charset of system.out/err should use the console charset.
>
> This was my thinking in
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/4733#issuecomment-876793372.
OK, I am now conviced. Modified not to default to Console.charset() for generic
PrintStream w/o charset constructor.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4733
